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On the thermodynamics of prediction under dissipative adaptation — mentioned by Comevius

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 14:30:11 GMT

So there are two forces at work when it comes to evolution. The first is natural selection, which may start with random changes, where the structures that are beneficial tend to survive, hence there is a selection for them. The second is however that those random changes are restricted to changes that can physically happen, which depends on the laws of physics, and the structure itself. The laws of physics themselves favor the selection for certain structures, and then those structures favor specific selections. It all keeps building up to more specific selections. Thermodynamics itself…

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On the thermodynamics of prediction under dissipative adaptation — mentioned by Comevius

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 11:47:15 GMT

I think these are simultaneously true: - The Universe is teaming with life, because thermodyamics creates information processing structures, or rather a hierarchy of dissipative structures where the structures at the lower levels are selected for thermodynamic effiency, which is a selection for information processing. The structures at the higher levels like galaxies and stars are everywhere, why wouldn't the rest of the hierarchy. However we can't detect that yet, and will need that proof. https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.04006 - People who believe in aliens are doing it for the same psychological…

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